02: Low productivity growth despite the digital revolution? Lessons for Europe
Supported by Austrian Federal Economic Chamber
Productivity growth results in greater value added, higher wages and more prosperity. But productivity trends have been diverging in Europe on national and industry-sector levels. What are the consequences for businesses competing in the global market? How do digitalisation, investment, innovation and regulation impact productivity? What can Europe do?
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Dr. Andreas BIERWIRTH
Chief Executive Officer, Magenta Telekom, Vienna
2002-2006 | Managing Director, Germanwings GmbH, Cologne |
2006-2008 | Vice President Marketing, Lufthansa AG, Munich |
2008-2012 | Board Member, Austrian Airlines AG, Vienna |
since 2012 | Chief Executive Officer, Magenta Telekom, Vienna |
Dr. Univ.-Prof. Martin KOCHER
Director, IHS - Institute for Advanced Studies, Vienna
2002 | Doctorate, Economics, University of Innsbruck |
2002-2007 | Assistant Professor, University of Innsbruck and University of Amsterdam |
2007-2010 | Visiting Professor, Department of Economics, University of Munich |
2010 | Full Professor in Behavioral and Experimental Economics, University of East Anglia, Norwich |
since 2011 | Full Professor of Economics, University of Munich |
Affiliate Professor, University of Gothenburg | |
2012-2013 | Dean, Department of Economics, University of Munich |
2013 | Affiliate Professor, Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane |
2013-2016 | Professor of Economics, Ludwig-Maximilian-University, Munich |
since 2016 | Director, IHS - Institute for Advanced Studies, Vienna |
Kay KRATKY
President and Chief Executive Officer, Austrian Airlines AG, Schwechat/Vienna
1976-1978 | Mechanical Engineering, Technische Universität Darmstadt |
1978-1979 | Military Service, W15, Electronic Warfare Unit |
1979-1981 | Training Commercial Pilot, Lufthansa Flight Training, Bremen / Phoenix |
1982-1987 | First Officer B 737, Lufthansa Passage, Deutsche Lufthansa AG |
1987-1996 | First Officer A 310, Lufthansa Passage, Deutsche Lufthansa AG |
1996-2005 | Captain B 747-200, Lufthansa Cargo |
1999-2000 | Airline Operation Lufthansa Cargo |
1999-2001 | Fleet Captain Operations, B747-200, Lufthansa Cargo |
2000-2005 | Training Captain B 747-200, Type Rating Examiner (TRE), Lufthansa Cargo |
Qualification to Test Flight Execution B747-200, Lufthansa Cargo | |
2001-2002 | Head of Operations Center, Lufthansa Cargo |
2002-2004 | Head of Business Unit, Global Freighter Operation, Lufthansa Cargo |
2004-2008 | Accountable Manager, SVP Transport & Flight Ops, Lufthansa Cargo |
2005-2008 | Captain MD11, Lufthansa Cargo |
2008-2011 | Chief Executive Officer, Jade Cargo International, Shenzhen |
2011-2015 | Member, Lufthansa German Airlines Board, Operations & Hub Frankfurt, Deutsche Lufthansa AG |
Chief Operating Officer, Deutsche Lufthansa AG | |
since 2015 | Member of the Management Board and Chief Executive Officer, Austrian Airlines AG |
Mag. Ulrike RABMER-KOLLER
Vice President, Austrian Federal Economic Chamber, Vienna
1985-1990 | Business Administration, Johannes Kepler University, Linz |
1990-1991 | Internship, Pipe Liners Inc., New Orleans, USA |
1991-1992 | Managing International Subsidaries, Engel Austria |
since 1992 | Rabmer Group; 1992 Commercial Director, 1996 Co-Owner and Single Proxy, since 1999 Managing Director of several national and international subsidiaries |
1993-2000 | Member, Board of Directors, Raiffeisenbank Altenberg |
1997-2005 | Member, City Council, Altenberg and Linz |
2002-2004 | Chairwoman, Board of Directors Norditube SA, Sweden |
2002-2003 | Deputy Chairperson, Young Entrepreneurs (Junge Wirtschaft OÖ) |
since 2002 | General Manager, Rabmer Group, Altenberg |
2003-2015 | Vice President, WKOÖ - Economic Chamber Upper Austria |
2004-2010 | Member, Supervisory Board, Raiffeisenlandesbank OÖ |
2007-2015 | President, Environmental Technology Cluster, Upper Austria |
2009-2015 | Member, Economic Board, Diözese Linz |
2010-2016 | President, "Women in Business - Upper Austria" |
2011-2015 | Deputy Chairperson, Federal Division for Skilled Crafts and Trades |
Vice President, UEAPME - European Association of SMEs, Skilled Crafts and Trades and Chair, UEAPME Committee for Sustainable Development | |
since 2011 | Sole Shareholder, Rabmer Group, Altenberg |
2013-2015 | Member, High Level Group KET - Key Enabling Technologies |
2014-2016 | Member, Advisory Council, ACR - Austrian Cooperative Research |
2015-2017 | Chairwoman, Main Association of Austrian Social Security Institutions |
since 2015 | Vice President, WKÖ - Austrian Federal Economic Chamber |
2016-2017 | Chairwoman, Supervisory Board, SVC GmbH, Vienna |
since 2016 | President, UEAPME - European Association of SMEs, Skilled Crafts and Trades |
Mag. Judith HECHT
Editor, Die Presse, Vienna
1996 | Legal Internship, Higher Regional Court Vienna |
1996-2009 | Lawyer, Division Real Estate, Vienna Insurance Group, Vienna |
2004-2012 | Freelance Journalist, Der Standard, Vienna |
2009-2013 | Freelance Journalist, FORMAT, Vienna |
since 2012 | Editor, Die Presse, Vienna |